There was an interesting interview on inside Science about the problem of
wooden buildings this last week.
Incidentally, my screenreader says. notra Dame as in panto.
Brian

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I realise the risks with sprinklers and the very high cost of their
instalations - but surely a simple dry riser to a few strategic jets - fed
by water from the fire brigade could be a fast response solution where
high
reach appliances take a long time to be deployed and may not be high
enough.

Imagine a pipe on the roof to act as a big sprinkler - early deployment
would have killed the fire. Cost - some pipes.